US2011078601A1PendingUtilityA1

Display device, display method and medium

Assignee: BROTHER IND LTDPriority: Sep 30, 2009Filed: Mar 26, 2010Published: Mar 31, 2011
Est. expirySep 30, 2029(~3.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
H04N 1/00427H04N 2201/0094H04N 1/00474H04N 1/00413H04N 1/00411H04N 1/00482
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Abstract

A display device includes: a display unit configured to display a list screen visually listing plural setting items including a first setting item in a focused state and a second setting item in a non-focused state; a focus display unit configured to allocate two stages for the first setting item, and to display the first setting item in one of the two stages and a current setting value for the first setting item in the other of the two stages in the list screen; and a non-focus display unit configured to allocate one stage for the second setting item and to display the second setting item in the one stage, without displaying a current setting value for the second setting item, in the list screen.

Claims

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1 . A display device comprising:
 a display unit configured to display a list screen visually listing plural setting items including a first setting item in a focused state and a second setting item in a non-focused state;   a focus display unit configured to allocate two stages for the first setting item, and to display the first setting item in one of the two stages and a current setting value for the first setting item in the other of the two stages in the list screen; and   a non-focus display unit configured to allocate one stage for the second setting item and to display the second setting item in the one stage, without displaying a current setting value for the second setting item, in the list screen.   
     
     
         2 . The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the two stages includes an upper stage and a lower stage, and the focus display unit is configured to display the first setting item in the upper stage and the current setting value for the first setting item in the lower stage. 
     
     
         3 . The display device according to  claim 1 , wherein the focus display unit is configured to display the first setting item in the one of the two stage with being aligned in a first lateral end of the list screen and the current setting value for the first setting item in the other of the two stages with being aligned in a second, opposite lateral end of the list screen, and
 wherein the non-focus display unit is configured to display the second setting item in the one stage with being aligned in the first lateral end.   
     
     
         4 . The display device according to  claim 3 , wherein the first lateral end is a left end, and the second lateral end is a right end. 
     
     
         5 . A display device that can perform a predetermined function based on setting values set for plural setting items, that can display, on a display unit, a list screen visually listing at least first and second setting items of the plural setting items, that can specify and set the first setting item into a focused state in the list screen, and that can select the first setting item into a selected state in which a setting value for the first setting item can be input in response to a predetermined input operation, the display device comprising:
 a focus display unit configured to allocate two stages for the first setting item, and to display the first setting item in one of the two stages and a current setting value for the first setting item in the other of the two stages in the list screen; and   a non-focus display unit configured to allocate one stage for the second setting item and to display the second setting item in the one stage in the list screen.   
     
     
         6 . A display method comprising the steps of:
 obtaining, from a memory, first information indicative of a first setting item;   obtaining, from the memory, second information indicative of a second setting item;   obtaining, from the memory, third information indicative of a current setting value for the first setting item;   allocating two stages for the first setting item in a list screen;   allocating one stage for the second setting item in the list screen; and   displaying, on a display unit, the list screen visually displaying the first setting item in one of the two stages, the current setting value in the other of the two stages and the second setting item in the one stage, based on the obtained first, second and third information.   
     
     
         7 . A medium storing therein a software program readable and executable by a CPU to perform a function comprising the steps of:
 obtaining, from a memory, first information indicative of a first setting item;   obtaining, from the memory, second information indicative of a second setting item;   obtaining, from the memory, third information indicative of a current setting value for the first setting item;   allocating two stages for the first setting item in a list screen;   allocating one stage for the second setting item in the list screen; and   displaying, on a display unit, the list screen visually displaying the first setting item in one of the two stages, the current setting value in the other of the two stages and the second setting item in the one stage, based on the obtained first, second and third information.

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